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/ Americas Issued on: 12/08/2020 - 19:07Modified: 12/08/2020 - 19:11 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital Brasilia, July 24, 2020. © Evaristo Sa, AFP Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a "lie," despite data produced by his own government showing…

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s government, meanwhile, has worked to erode Indigenous protections and ownershipA logging branch within the Menkragnoti Indigenous Land. Illegal logging and deforestation for farm formation are the major causes of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Marcio Isensee e Sa Getty Images Indigenous people in the Brazilian…

Twenty months into the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil is on the brink of a democratic disaster.  More than 100,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19, a pandemic the far-right president largely dismissed as a conspiracy. The economy is approaching a free-fall. And Bolsonaro’s authoritarian attempts to seize control of the…

President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out Sunday at the "cowardice" of Brazil's most widely viewed TV network for suggesting he bore heavy blame for the nation's more than 100,000 coronavirus deaths.The far-right president accused TV Globo of treating the death milestone as if it were "a World Cup final," saying on…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted a photo of himself to Facebook congratulating his soccer team, Palmeiras, for winning the state title Saturday, moments after the health ministry confirmed the national COVID-19 death toll had surpassed 100,000.Why it matters: Brazil is only the second country to confirm more than 100,000 deaths from…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday, becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease. Braga Netto is doing well and has no symptoms, the office said in a…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday, becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease. Braga Netto is doing well and has no symptoms, the office said in a…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Several of Mr Bolsonaro's supporters are accused of spreading fake news via social media Facebook has complied with an order by Brazil's Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.The group are accused of spreading fake news…

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pictured on July 30. Photo: Alan Santos/Palacio Planalto/DPAJair Bolsonaro has long tried to play down the coronavirus, even as infections surged past 2.6 million and he himself fell ill with a bout of Covid-19 Now the far-right leader is urging Brazilians to ‘face up to’ the…